General Assembly Programme

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	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
11:00 am	Coffee Break 11:00 am - 11:30 am
4:00 pm	Coffee Break 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

FSC Governance
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
FSC Governance
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
FSC 2020
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Coffee Break
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
FSC 2020
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Plenary
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Members' Assembly
8:30 am - 11:00 am

8:30am to 6:00pm
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Members' Assembly
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

8:30am to 6:00pm
Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Members' Assembly
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

8:30am to 6:00pm
Coffee Break
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Members' Assembly
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

8:30am to 6:00pm

Members' Assembly
8:30 am - 11:00 am

8:30am to 6:00pm
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Members' Assembly
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

8:30am to 6:00pm
Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Members' Assembly
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

8:30am to 6:00pm
Coffee Break
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Members' Assembly
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

8:30am to 6:00pm
Closing PARTY!
7:00 pm - 11:00 pm

7:00pm to 11:00pm

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
8:00 am		Chamber Meetings 8:00 am - 9:30 am Economic/Social/Environmental Fair Timber: bringing the Fair Trade movement experience into FSC marketing ethos 8:00 am - 9:30 am	Chamber Meetings 8:00 am - 9:30 am Economic/Social/Environmental		Plenary 8:00 am - 8:30 am
8:30 am					Members' Assembly 8:30 am - 11:00 am 8:30am to 6:00pm
9:00 am	FSC Governance 9:00 am - 11:00 am
9:30 am		Local learnings and global transformation 9:30 am - 11:00 am Conversion, Conservation and Restoration 9:30 am - 11:00 am Indigenous Forests Forever: FSC Indigenous Engagement 9:30 am - 11:00 am ASI 9:30 am - 11:00 am	Controlled Wood Strategy 9:30 am - 11:00 am Do consumers hold the key to mainstreaming FSC in North America? 9:30 am - 11:00 am FSC and Forestry for the needs of the 21st century 9:30 am - 11:00 am ILO 9:30 am - 11:00 am	FSC: Delivering value from forest to consumer 9:30 am - 11:00 am FSC and Carbon Footprints of bio-energy and other forest products 9:30 am - 11:00 am Can P3 + P9 co-exist? Towards a better understanding of FPIC and HCV 9:30 am - 11:00 am Communicating about mixing of materials in a product 9:30 am - 11:00 am
10:00 am
10:30 am
11:00 am	Coffee Break 11:00 am - 11:30 am
11:30 am	FSC Governance 11:30 am - 1:00 pm	Revision of the FSC Pesticides Policy 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Can CBs Deliver Independent Audits? 11:30 am - 1:00 pm FSC 2.0 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Progress on community certification (Motion 83) 11:30 am - 1:00 pm	FSC as a tool for creating climate change benefits 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Women in forest business 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Boreal Forest 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Building an effective normative framework 11:30 am - 1:00 pm	Fashion & FSC: from forest to consumer 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Operating inside Customary & Constitutional tenure overlaps 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Linking FSC to the Sustainable Development Goals – an opportunity for the Business sector 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Governance 11:30 am - 1:00 pm	Members' Assembly 11:30 am - 1:00 pm 8:30am to 6:00pm
12:00 pm
12:30 pm
1:00 pm	Lunch 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
2:30 pm	FSC 2020 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	The True Value of Forests 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Systemic Change with Solid Wood/Saving Forests: Going Beyond Your Supply Chain 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	FSC in Our Daily Lives 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Members' Assembly 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm 8:30am to 6:00pm
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
4:00 pm	Coffee Break 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
4:30 pm	FSC 2020 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	FSC Tools for Ecosystem Services Markets 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Tropical Forest 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Protecting FSC’s reputation – mechanisms to address controversial activities 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm New Approaches 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Forest Positive 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Sustainable intensification 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Controlled Wood Risk Assessments and the standard 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Rubber & FSC: from forest to consumer 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Governance 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Eco-Positive Wood: A global market for smallholder wood from the South 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm How to measure and communicate the results of FSC 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Members' Assembly 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm 8:30am to 6:00pm
5:00 pm
5:30 pm
6:00 pm		Cocktail Evening 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm 6:00pm to 6:45pm
6:30 pm		Chamber Meeting 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm 6:45pm to 8:30pm Cross Chambers Meeting 6:45 pm - 8:00 pm 6:45pm to 8:00pm		Cross Chambers Meeting 6:45 pm - 8:00 pm 6:45pm to 8:00pm
7:00 pm			Welcome Gala Dinner 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm 7:00pm to 11:00pm			Closing PARTY! 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm 7:00pm to 11:00pm
7:30 pm
8:00 pm
8:30 pm
9:00 pm
9:30 pm
10:00 pm
10:30 pm

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
8:00 am		Fair Timber: bringing the Fair Trade movement experience into FSC marketing ethos 8:00 am - 9:30 am
8:30 am
9:00 am

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
9:30 am		Conversion, Conservation and Restoration 9:30 am - 11:00 am
10:00 am
10:30 am

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
9:30 am		Indigenous Forests Forever: FSC Indigenous Engagement 9:30 am - 11:00 am
10:00 am
10:30 am

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
11:30 am		Progress on community certification (Motion 83) 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
12:00 pm
12:30 pm

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
11:30 am		Can CBs Deliver Independent Audits? 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
12:00 pm
12:30 pm

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
4:30 pm		Protecting FSC’s reputation – mechanisms to address controversial activities 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
5:00 pm
5:30 pm

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
9:30 am			Do consumers hold the key to mainstreaming FSC in North America? 9:30 am - 11:00 am
10:00 am
10:30 am

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
9:30 am			FSC and Forestry for the needs of the 21st century 9:30 am - 11:00 am
10:00 am
10:30 am

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
11:30 am			Building an effective normative framework 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
12:00 pm
12:30 pm

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
11:30 am			Women in forest business 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
12:00 pm
12:30 pm

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
4:30 pm			Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
5:00 pm
5:30 pm

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
4:30 pm			Sustainable intensification 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
5:00 pm
5:30 pm

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
4:30 pm			Controlled Wood Risk Assessments and the standard 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
5:00 pm
5:30 pm

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
9:30 am				Communicating about mixing of materials in a product 9:30 am - 11:00 am
10:00 am
10:30 am

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
9:30 am				FSC and Carbon Footprints of bio-energy and other forest products 9:30 am - 11:00 am
10:00 am
10:30 am

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
9:30 am				Can P3 + P9 co-exist? Towards a better understanding of FPIC and HCV 9:30 am - 11:00 am
10:00 am
10:30 am

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
11:30 am				Linking FSC to the Sustainable Development Goals – an opportunity for the Business sector 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
12:00 pm
12:30 pm

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
11:30 am				Operating inside Customary & Constitutional tenure overlaps 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
12:00 pm
12:30 pm

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
4:30 pm				Eco-Positive Wood: A global market for smallholder wood from the South 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
5:00 pm
5:30 pm

Sun 8 Oct

Mon 9 Oct

Tue 10 Oct

Wed 11 Oct

Thu 12 Oct

Fri 13 Oct

	Sun 8 Oct	Mon 9 Oct	Tue 10 Oct	Wed 11 Oct	Thu 12 Oct	Fri 13 Oct
4:30 pm				How to measure and communicate the results of FSC 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
5:00 pm
5:30 pm